HHS OCR breach portal (HIPAA breaches affecting 500 or more individuals) Primary notice
Posted on the HHS Office for Civil Rights breach portal with a submission date of June 5, 2014.
- Organization as reported
- Salina Health Education dba Salina Healthcare Center, KS
- Entity type as reported
- Healthcare Provider
- Category as reported
Unauthorized Access/Disclosure
- Location of information as reported
- Submission date
- June 5, 2014
- Observed by BreachRecords
- 2026-10-18 16:15 UTC (revision 15073, row:6212)
- Archived copy
- Held in the private archive (provenance)
An employee of the covered entity (CE), Salina Family Healthcare Center, sent an email containing electronic protected health information (ePHI) to a third party as part of a research case study. The types of PHI involved in the breach included names, dates of birth, addresses, chart numbers, and procedure codes affecting approximately 9,640 individuals. The CE provided breach notification to HHS, affected individuals, and the media. The CE responded to the breach by obtaining assurances that the email was destroyed by the third party, and sanctioning the responsible employee. As a result of OCR’s investigation, the CE updated and trained staff on its policies relating to the e-mailing of PHI and uses and disclosures of PHI.